5. In ancient
Britain, the festival known as Samhain was celebrated on October 31st.
It was supposedly a day when dead souls would revisit their old homes.
Personally, I don’t want anything to do with contacting the souls of the
dead.

6. According to the History Channel, Samhain was also the day when the Druids “gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities”.

7. According to Wiccans, Halloween is the time when the veil between the living and the dead is considered to be the thinnest.
They believe that on this day their god “dies” and is reborn every year
on the Winter Solstice. This year the winter solstice falls on
December 22nd.

8. In ancient times, the resurrection of the sun god required human and animal sacrifice. The following is what occult expert Bill Schnoebelen says that the Druids would do at this time of the year…

Druids
worshiped the sun god, called by names like Bel (Ba’al?) or Chrom. On
October 31, they believed that he died and went into the kingdom of the
dead, Anwynn. The purpose of Samhain was to insure his return. Even
witches admit this involved human sacrifice.

Both animal and human blood
were believed to be needed to resurrect Bel on Samhain. Human blood was
believed to open the gates of Anwynn and released the spirits for a
night. Thus, October 31 came to be associated with ghosts. This is not
just history. Samhain is still celebrated by Pagans and is the most
solemn ceremony on their “religious calendar”.

9. To this day, animal torture and sacrifice is still practiced on Halloween by occultists. Many animal shelters will not adopt out black cats during the month of October for this very reason.

As
a result of their efforts to wipe out “pagan” holidays, such as
Samhain, the Christians succeeded in effecting major transformations in
it. In 601 A.D. Pope Gregory the First issued a now famous edict to his
missionaries concerning the native beliefs and customs of the peoples he
hoped to convert. Rather than try to obliterate native peoples’ customs
and beliefs, the pope instructed his missionaries to use them: if a
group of people worshipped a tree, rather than cut it down, he advised
them to consecrate it to Christ and allow its continued worship.

The
idea of trick-or-treating is further related to the ghosts of the dead
in pagan, and even Catholic, history. For example, among the ancient
Druids, “The ghosts that were thought to throng about the houses of the
living were greeted with a banquet-laden table. At the end of the feast,
masked and costumed villagers representing the souls of the dead
paraded to the outskirts of town leading the ghosts away.”

As already noted, Halloween was
thought to be a night when mischievous and evil spirits roamed freely.
As in modern poltergeist lore, mischievous spirits could play tricks on
the living—so it was advantageous to “hide” from them by wearing
costumes. Masks and costumes were worn to either scare away the ghosts
or to keep from being recognized by them

12. The tradition of carving out a “Jack-O-Lantern” also comes from paganism. The following comes from wicca.com…

Turnips
were hollowed out and carved to look like protective spirits, for this
was a night of magic and chaos. The Wee Folke became very active,
pulling pranks on unsuspecting humans. Traveling after dark was not
advised.

Here
it’s a pumpkin, but in Europe it was often a turnip, or a skull with a
candle in it. This serves two symbols, 1) the lord of the Dead, a “god”
just like a Buddha – in short, an idol. 2) The fearsome face represented
the god, Samhain, who would drive off less powerful demons that night.
The lights in the Jack-o-Lantern symbolize the “faery fires” or “Will’o
the Wisps” which were believed to be the lost souls flitting through the
night. They also hearken back to the huge Samhain “balefires” which
were lit to help conjure back the god from the darkness.

13. On all Satanic holy days, there are children that get ritually abused. This has been documented repeatedly, and yet most people (including most Christians) don’t want to hear about it.

14. For Satanists, Halloween is one of the most
important celebrations of the year. On page 96 of the Satanic Bible,
Anton LaVey wrote the following…

“After one’s own birthday, the two major Satanic holidays are Walpurgisnacht (May 1st) and Halloween.”

15. The
Scriptures are very clear about this sort of thing. Deuteronomy 18:9-13
says the following: “When you enter the land the Lord your God is
giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations
there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter
in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens,
engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist
or who consults with the dead. Anyone who does these things is
detestable to the Lord”.

4 comments:

I stopped acknowledging Halloween a number of years ago, after hearing some of the things you mentioned above. Thanks for the info!! There, apparently, are Christians who don't realize these things, or the seriousness of them - as they continue to celebrate Halloween.

Honestly I feel like all my Christian friends celebrate Halloween. Quite frankly I have a serious problem about that, and find disturbing because of its Satanic background. Of course they don't see anything wrong with it. It's merely about dressing up and eating candy in their eyes, and they refuse to acknowledge its pagan significance. If it were truly a Godly holiday, then why are its principal decor centered around witchcraft? No one ever seems to want to answer that question. Dressing up and eating candy are fun. No doubt about it. However we shouldn't partake of Satanic rituals just to satisfy that longing for having out-of-the ordinary fun. Seriously, we should just don costumes now and then other times of the year just simply for the fun of it, and not solely for the base of celebrating Satanism. Thank you for being one of those rare Christians willing to call such a holiday by what it is. :) I love your books and your conviction. :)

Thanks Smitty! Most everyone I know also celebrates Halloween, and I'm equally disturbed. It reminds me of Christians who read their horoscopes and say they just do it for fun but don't really believe it. Anytime we dabble with the occult, we open up doors for Satan and his minions. Scary stuff and not to be taken lightly. Thanks for coming by! Blessings